Gone are the days of taking a call in the open': why office pods are everywhere

I can respect that “one size fits all” office setups giving way to more varied conditions is a positive. However it must be said that it’s very ‘convenient’ for companies that this is a cheap way to squeeze more out of cramped and more worker-hostile office spaces.

I personally hate to give this so much credit knowing what it represents, that we move further away from humane spaces to work.

I watched a certain company we all know redesign their offices.

The guy who did it: a friend of the execs who, seemingly, hadn't worked in decades. Looked like he was airdropped from vacation in Maui. Went on at lengths about SketchUp

My point, I guess, is one of the worst environments I've seen was laid out by someone who neither experienced it or cared beyond appearance.

It wasn't to work in, it was to show others and make sales. The areas I saw in particular were adjacent to this purpose, The Ops Center. We're living the long term effects of 1980s movies.

Not sure what neurologist do but if this article about using kids of special need to do office design, it reminds me the saying sociology is not about study the deviant but the family, not the delinquent but the people day in day out. It is the “normal” that is needed to be studied and helped.

I’m using one of the phone booths at work as my office